Safety · Supplement
Silicon: side effects, safety & interactions
Safe at supplemental doses.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
Safe at supplemental doses.
Interactions to respect
No major interactions are on record for Silicon at typical doses, but tell your clinician about everything you take.
What Silicon is
Bioavailable silicon (orthosilicic acid) is studied for bone density and connective tissue.
The honest bottom line
A minor connective-tissue and bone support with limited but coherent data. A reasonable low-risk add-on.
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